Corporate APAC Desk briefs, Country radar notes and sector signals
The sector seeks growth via digital services and capex reallocation; APAC remains a core vendor battleground.
Market fragmentation and trade defence deepen supply-chain regionalisation; decarbonisation depends on state support.
Unprecedented data-centre and cloud demand collides with shortages of basic electronic components and long capacity lead times.
Middle East crisis redefines energy markets and sea routes; supply security is no longer a default assumption.
The quarter’s index distinctive feature: emerging-company resilience gap vs Western peers in steel, autos and finance.
Latin America, together with the Caribbean countries, can be perceived as a single macro-region with a population of over 650 million people and $15.3 trillion in GDP in 2024 (according to the World Bank). However, it is rather a patchwork quilt, both politically and e...
🌴 Primorye on “Far East Street” will turn into a time machine as part of the EEF-2026. The pavilion's zones will consistently reveal the history of the region's development, its achievements and future horizons. 🌊 The exhibition is based on the synergy of natural elements (ocean, taiga, hills) with human...
🇨🇳🚛🔋 China is accelerating the transition of freight transport to new energy sources The PRC has presented a plan for a large-scale transition to a new stage in the development of the commercial transport market: by 2030, 40% of new heavy trucks (weighing over 12 tons) in the country should be…
P.S. A characteristic feature of Athonite hagiology is that many saints are venerated on the day immediately following their death, as well as on this conciliar day. The Council of Athos Saints is often called the “Cathedral of all saints who shone on Athos.” It is believed that the Mother of God is invisible...
🇨🇳⚙️ In China’s modern economic agenda, the term “new productive forces” – 新质生产力 (Xinzhi Shenchanli) – is increasingly heard. The concept was put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping in September 2023 and has become one of the key guidelines for the development of the Chinese economy. IN…
🇨🇳 China has completed the largest audit of university patents to accelerate their use in industry. China has completed the first nationwide audit of the patent portfolios of universities and research organizations in the history of the country. 📊 Scope of the audit: 📍Analyzed...
📈 Development zones in China The high dynamics of China’s economic growth is largely due to the large-scale use of development zones (开发区) - territories with special tax, customs and administrative regimes, which have become an effective instrument of economic policy...
🇨🇳📦 The first pre-customs clearance warehouse for cross-border e-commerce was launched in China. On March 2, a pilot logistics center implementing a fundamentally new model of logistics was officially put into operation in the Lingang district of Weihai City (Shandong Province).…